Home Cultures is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the critical understanding of the domestic sphere, its artifacts, spaces and relations, across timeframes and cultures. ‘Home’ is a highly fluid and contested site of human existence that reflects and reifies identities and values.

In this context Home Cultures explores the relationship between body and building, consumption, material culture, the meaning of home, moving cultures and social consequences of planning and architecture.

“Innovative and exciting, every issue of Home Cultures offers surprising insights … Standing out from the spate of interdisciplinary journals, it is at the center of the new terrains which are replacing the old divisions between humanities and social sciences.” Richard Wilk, Indiana University, USA

“What makes Home Cultures such an exciting journal is the ways in which it has created an arena where very different research traditions meet. The result is a very stimulating mix of ideas, perspectives and styles of writing.” Orvar Löfgren, University of Lund, Sweden

Edited by

Victor Buchli, University College London, UK
Alison Clarke, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria
Setha Low, City University of New York, USA

Print ISSN: 1740-6315
Online ISSN: 1751-7427

Frequency: 3 times per year

Oregon State University, USA

This Department embraces a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between people and the designed environment as that environment affects the social, psychological and physical well-being of individuals, families and communities. The knowledge base is grounded in consumer behavior and management theory, the arts, humanities, and the social and physical sciences. This applied discipline is concerned with the enhancement of each individual’s daily life as affected by the production, distribution, use and design of clothing, textiles, residential and commercial structures that make life meaningful.

Study mode: Full Time

Duration: Variable

Venue: College of Health and Human Sciences, Department of Design and Human Environment

Course summary
This program on the profession of interior design as well as its history, theory and criticism. Research can focus on qualitative or quantitative analysis of design.

Program modules
The following are the modules: DHE 532 Advanced Housing Design Studio (3 credits), DHE 534 Housing the Aging Population (3 credits), DHE 543 Studio III: Commercial Design (4 credits), DHE 561 History of the Near Environment I (4 credits), DHE 562 History of the Near Environment II (4 credits), DHE 564 Contemporary History of Interiors and Housing (3 credits), DHE 577 Fashion Theory (4 credits), DHE 582 Aesthetic and Perceptual Theories of the Near Environment (2 credits), DHE 585 Human Behavior and the Near Environment (3 credits), DHE 665 Theories and Methods in Historical/Cultural Research of the Near Environment (3 credits), DHE 685 Advanced Topics in Human Behavior and the Near Environment (3 credits).

» visit the Oregon State University website

University of South Wales, Sidney, Australia

The University of New South Wales is one of Australia’s leading international universities attracting students and scholars from around the world. It is widely regarded for its teaching excellence and research innovation. The University is a founding member of the Group of Eight research intensive universities in Australia and a member of the Universitas 21 international consortium.
Established in 1949, the University now has close to 52,000 students, including more than 11,000 international students from over 120 different countries. It has three campuses and two sub-campuses.

The University offers more than 300 undergraduate and 600 postgraduate programs through various faculties. The faculties at the University are Arts and Social Sciences, Australian School of Business, Built Environment, College of Fine Arts, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Science and UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy).
The University fosters groundbreaking, multidisciplinary research by offering almost 100 research programs in various disciplines. The University is a member of 15 Cooperative Research Centres and is affiliated with a number of medical research institutes.

PhD in Interior Architecture

Study mode: Full Time

Duration: 3 – 4 years

Start date: FEB-12, JUL-12

Venue: University of South Wales

Course summary
The focus of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is on developing a student’s expert knowledge in this field of research, along with their research, critical and creative thinking, and problem solving skills. Also, students can enhance their career prospects in academic, business, government, industry or research related professions in the Built Environment field by developing their research competence as well as extending their capability in creative thinking, problem solving and self-directed learning.

PhD in Architecture

Study mode: Full Time

Duration: 3 – 4 years

Start date: FEB-12, JUL-12

Venue: University of South Wales

Course summary
The focus of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is on developing a student’s expert knowledge in this field of research, along with their research, critical and creative thinking, and problem solving skills. Also, students can enhance their career prospects in academic, business, government, industry or research related professions in the Built Environment field by developing their research competence as well as extending their capability in creative thinking, problem solving and self-directed learning.

PhD in Design

Study mode: Full Time

Duration: 3 – 4 years

Start date: FEB-12, JUL-12

Venue: College of Fine Arts Campus

Course summary
This course covers research areas in the fields of: architecture, landscape and urban design; ceramics; Asian art/craft/design and cultural history; design and gender studies; design and technology; design history and theory; design management; human computer interaction; interactive media; jewellery; object design; online design education; textiles; theatre design; and visual communication.

» visit the University of South Wales website

Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
School of Doctoral Programmes

This field of studies gives the opportunity to develop the research, organize, record and re-elaborate abilities with the purpose of knowing and divulging historical as well as contemporary documents in the interior design discipline (architecture, furnishing, decoration, scenography, installations, museology, furniture production).
Doctorate students learn to develop their abilities in the problem framing, programming, technical elaboration and management of particularly complex projects for specific areas related to the disciplinary sector.

Besides the development of a specific individual curriculum, the candidates will be able to span the whole discipline of Interior Architecture and Installations, articulating their studies according to appropriate analytical and design scales in different sectors.

You may find more information in our DRAIA page.

Disciplines:

• Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
• Industrial Design

Location: Milano / Italy

Duration: 36 months

Start Date: October

Educational Form: Academic PhD

Education Variants: Fulltime

Funding:

• National: partial
• EEA: partial
• Non EEA: partial

Location flexibility: Primarily at University

Project type: Open PhD programme

Credits (ECTS): 180

Languages: English Italian

Qualifying elements of the curriculum:

• Customised teaching methods aimed at developing each student’s specific aptitudes in different areas of design, theoretical and critical historical research;
• Analysis of complex paradigms and development of split up methodologies of intervention with interdisciplinary integrations for proposing, design, theoretical and critical historical research purposes;
• Creation of virtual and actual models and application of computerized and classic simulation tools for the control of figurative, material, metric, chromatic, energy and light properties

Study methods:

• Lectures, training sessions, guided tours and seminar cycles given by teachers of the College and by visiting Professors;
• Workshop research in fields such as critical history and design, carried out through teaching, cooperation activities and horizontal and vertical exchange between students of different cycles;
• Individual research aided by tutors with the contribution of the entire teaching staff.

» visit the School of Doctoral Programmes website

» visit the Politecnico di Milano website

Application deadline: January 6, 2012

Indiana University is seeking a lecturer for the Interior Design Studies Program (http://iub.edu/~amid).

The lecturer position, to begin in August 2012, is based at Indiana University’s main campus in Bloomington, a CIDA-accredited program. Candidates must have professional design degrees and Master’s degrees in interior design or related design fields. NCIDQ certification is highly desirable. Other professional qualifications in design (e.g., LEED) are beneficial. Commercial interior design experience is highly desirable.

Applicants should send, via U.S. Postal Service

• resumes or curriculum vitae
• statements of design and/or teaching philosophies
• digital portfolios
• original transcripts
• the names and contact information for three references from three different institutions.

to:

Terri Shockley, Administrative Assistant
Search and Screen Committee

Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design
Indiana University
1021 E. Third Street
Memorial Hall East #239
Bloomington, IN 47405

(812) 855-4184

tshockle@indiana.edu

To be certain of receiving full consideration, applications should be received by January 6, 2012. All materials must be received for consideration. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

EEO/AA Policy Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Culturally diverse candidates are invited and encouraged to apply.

13-14 September 2012
Engineering Faculty, Università di Bologna – Bologna

Abstract submission: before 6 February 2012

Aim of the conference is to encourage multi and interdisciplinary aggregation of the research centres and people that deal with color and light from a professional and scientific point of view. Conference will be opened (in early morning) by a series of tutorials about different color related topic. Works will continue with the presentations of the submitted works.

THEMES OF INTEREST FOR THE CONFERENCE

1. COLOR AND MEASUREMENT / PRODUCTION. Colorimetry, photometry and color atlas: method, theory and instrumentation.
2. COLOR AND DIGITAL. Reproduction, management, digital color correction, image processing, graphics, photography, printmaking, video production, artificial vision, virtual reality.
3. COLOR AND LIGHTING. Metamerism, color rendering, adaptation, color constancy, appearance, illusions, memory color and perception, color in extra-atmospheric environments.
4. COLOR AND PHYSIOLOGY. Mechanisms of vision in their experimental and theoretical aspects, deficiencies, abnormalities, clinical and biological aspects.
5. COLOR AND PSYCHOLOGY. Phenomenology of color, perceptive, emotional, aesthetic and diagnostic aspects.
6. COLOR AND PRODUCTS. Foods and beverages, textiles, plastics, ceramics, paints.
7. COLOR AND RESTORATION. Archaeometry, painting materials, diagnostics and techniques of conservation, restoration and enhancement of cultural heritage, coloring and architectural syntax, territorial identities.
8. COLOR AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. Urban planning, plans of color, architecture.
9. COLOR AND DESIGN. Furniture, design, fashion, textiles, graphics, communication, packaging, lettering, cosmetics.
10. COLOR AND CULTURE. Art, history, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, aesthetics, representation and design, lexicology, semantics.
11. COLOR AND EDUCATION. Pedagogy, color’s didactics, aesthetic education, artistic education.

Download the Call (English) – (Italian)

» alla versione italiana

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS

Papers and abstracts sent by e-mail will not be accepted. For submission it is mandatory the usage of the on-line platform for the conference management EasyChair, available at the address: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=8cnc2012

To submit abstract and/or papers it is necessary to register on the mentioned website for creating an EasyChair account or using your personal account if you are already registered. You only need to register once. For the first registration select “Signup for an account” in the first page and follow instructions. It’s important to submit complete data, filling the module with attention, especially giving valid e-mail in order to receive communications from the conference organization. If you are already registered the acronym to access the VIII Conference of Color is “8 CNC 2012”.

It is necessary that at least one of the authors of the accepted papers subscribe for the conference before 5 June 2012.

IMPORTANT DATES (deadlines in red)

06 February 2012 | Abstract submission deadline (max 3000 character), Italian or English.
20 February 2012 | Abstract acceptance notification
13 April 2012 | Papers final version deadline
18 May 2012 | Papers final version acceptance notification
05 June 2012 | Authors registration deadline
14 August 2012 | Cut fare registration deadline
13-14 September 2012 | Conference

For programmes, rates, accommodation or any other information, please visit the official website.

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Obiettivo della conferenza è favorire l’aggregazione multi e interdisciplinare di tutte le realtà che in Italia si occupano del colore e della luce da un punto di vista scientifico e/o professionale. La conferenza sarà introdotta, nella prima mattina, da alcuni tutorial relativi a diversi temi di interesse. I lavori proseguiranno poi con l’esposizione dei contributi accettati.

TEMI DI INTERESSE DELLA CONFERENZA

1. COLORE E MISURAZIONE /PRODUZIONE. Colorimetria, fotometria e atlanti dei colori: metodo, teoria e strumentazione.
2. COLORE E DIGITALE. Riproduzione, gestione, correzione digitale del colore, elaborazione delle immagini, grafica, fotografia, tecniche di stampa, produzione video, visione artificiale, realtà virtuale.
3. COLORE E ILLUMINAZIONE. Metamerismo, resa del colore, adattamento, costanza cromatica, apparenza, illusioni, memoria cromatica e percezione, colore in ambienti extra-atmosferici.
4. COLORE E FISIOLOGIA. Meccanismi della visione nei loro aspetti sperimentali e teorici, deficienze e anomalie, aspetti clinici e biologici.
5. COLORE E PSICOLOGIA. Fenomenologia in generale dei colori, aspetti percettivi, emotivi, estetici, diagnostici.
6. COLORE E MERCEOLOGIA. Alimenti e bevande, tessile, materie plastiche, ceramica, vernici.
7. COLORE E RESTAURO. Archeometria, materiali pittorici, diagnostica e tecniche di conservazione, restauro e valorizzazione dei beni culturali, coloriture e sintassi architettonica, identità territoriali.
8. COLORE E AMBIENTE COSTRUITO. Urbanistica, piani del colore, architettura.
9. COLORE E PROGETTAZIONE. Arredo, design, moda, tessile, grafica, comunicazione, packaging, lettering, cosmesi.
10. COLORE E CULTURA. Arte, storia, filosofia, antropologia, sociologia, estetica, rappresentazione e disegno, lessicologia, semantica.
11. COLORE ED EDUCAZIONE. Pedagogia, didattica del colore, educazione estetica, educazione artistica.

INVIO DI ABSTRACT E PAPER

Non saranno accettati abstract o paper inviati per email, per l’invio utilizzare il sistema informativo on-line per la gestione delle conferenze EasyChair, disponibile all’indirizzo: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=8cnc2012

Per inviare abstract e/o paper è necessario registrarsi prima nel sito su menzionato per creare un account EasyChair o usare quello che avete se siete già registrati. La registrazione va fatta una sola volta. Per registrarvi la prima volta scegliete “Signup for an account” nella prima pagina e seguite le istruzioni. È importante inserire i dati completi compilando accuratamente il format, inserendo dati reali ed e-mail valide affinché l’organizzazione della conferenza possa contattarvi. Se siete già registrati l’acronimo per entrare nella VIII Conferenza del Colore è “8 CNC 2012 “.

Si ricorda che almeno uno degli autori dei paper accettati deve iscriversi alla conferenza entro il 5 giugno 2012.

DATE IMPORTANTI (deadline in rosso)

06 febbraio 2012 | invio degli abstract di max 3000 battute, in lingua italiana o inglese
20 febbraio 2012 | notifica di accettazione dell’abstract
13 aprile 2012 | invio dei paper, in lingua italiana o inglese formattati secondo istruzioni
18 maggio 2012 | notifica definitiva di accettazione del paper
05 giugno 2012 | Termine ultimo per iscrizione autori.
14 agosto 2012 | Termine ultimo per iscrizioni a tariffa ridotta.
13-14 settembre 2012 | Conferenza

Per programmi, costi, accommodation o qualsiasi altra informazione, vi invitiamo a visitare il sito ufficiale.

Book Launch and Christmas Drinks

The last six months has been an incredibly productive time for researchers in the School of Art and Design History at Kingston. We’d be delighted if you could join us at 5pm on Wednesday 14 December at Knights Park for a Christmas drink, and to help us celebrate the launch of nine books:

• Fiona Fisher, Trevor Keeble, Patricia Lara-Betancourt and Brenda Martin, eds. Performance, Fashion and the Modern Interior. Berg Publishers
• Anne Massey and Tom Avermaete, eds. Hotel Lobbies and Lounges: The Architecture of Professional Hospitality. Routledge
• Anne Massey. Chair. Reaktion
• Anne Massey. Ocean Liner Posters. Antique Collectors’ Club
• Jonathan Black. The Face of Courage: Eric Kennington, Portraiture and the Second World War. Philip Wilson Publishers
• Stephen Barber. The Walls of Berlin: Urban Surfaces, Art, Film. Solar Books
• Fran Lloyd, Helen Potkin and Davina Thakara. Public Sculpture of Outer South and West London. Liverpool University Press
• Nick Tromans. Richard Dadd: The Artist and the Asylum. Tate Publishing
• Nick Tromans. Hope: The Life and Times of a Victorian Icon. Watts Gallery

RSVP Doreen Harrison
D.Harrison@kingston.ac.uk

Doreen Harrison
Academic Support Administrator
School of Architecture and Landscape and School of Art & Design History
Kingston University
Knights Park
Grange Road
Kingston upon Thames
KT1 2QJ

Tel: 020 8417 4283 Ext 64038

Closing date: Friday 25 November 2011

Please find enclosed a job description, including pay and benefits relating to the post of Head of Programme, Interior Design.
An application form and equal opportunities monitoring form should be returned  by Friday 25 November 2011 (either through the post or via email.)
Both forms are available to download from the web-site on the Current Vacancies page.

Please note it is vital that all sections of this form are completed. The ‘Additional Information’ section is particularly important to the selection process; you should use this to outline the skills, knowledge and experience that you have which specifically relates to the job description and person specification for the post. You may continue on separate sheets if necessary.

If you are disabled and require help completing your application form, or if you will require help or special facilities should you be shortlisted for interview, please telephone Rachel Stone, in confidence, on 020 7590 4148 or e-mail on rachael.stone@rca.ac.uk.

Completed application forms should be sent to personnel@rca.ac.uk
or Personnel Department, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Head of Programme Interior Design Info
RCA Application Form
Equal Opportunities monitoring form

JOB DESCRIPTION

Post: Head of Programme, Interior Design
Responsible to: Dean of Architecture
Responsible for: The Programme’s staff
Grade: 11

Background:
The Royal College of Art is the only entirely postgraduate institution of university status devoted to teaching, learning, research and practice in art, design and communication. The College has some 1,000 students registered for MA, MPhil and PhD degrees and there are approximately 350 full and part time academic, technical and administrative staff.
The College is located on two sites in Central London. The main campus is in South Kensington, where its neighbours include the Royal College of Music, Imperial College London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and the National Museum of Science and Industry. Currently the Sculpture and Painting Programmes are located in Battersea, and will be joined by Printmaking and Photography in 2012, bringing the School of Fine Art together on one site. As the Battersea campus undergoes major development and grows in capacity, it will host additional programmes.
The College has a long history of achievement in art and design education, numerous eminent graduates and a remarkable record of graduate employment.

About the Programme:
Interior Design is a newly created Programme within the Architecture School, aiming to enrol its first cohort of students in 2012/13

General Responsibilities:

• To establish an academic philosophy and vision for the Programme in keeping with the mission of the College; to develop and implement policy and strategy in line with this vision
• To lead academic innovation in the discipline and ensure it is reflected in the curriculum; and to assume overall responsibility for the content, development, delivery, monitoring and quality of the Programme
• To promote the work of the Programme in the relevant professions and industries both nationally and internationally
• To play an active role in the development of the School through membership of the School Academic Management Team
• To lead the staff team and direct and manage all the activities of the Programme within the resources available. The activities include: teaching and learning, research (in liaison with the School’s Research Leader), professional practice, technical support, external relations, staff development, quality assurance, staff and student welfare and health and safety
• To make an individual contribution to the academic work of the Programme based on personal expertise, particularly through teaching and supporting learning and research
• To engage in personal research at a level and of a character which will enhance the research profile of the College.
• To communicate and represent the interests of the Programme within the School and the College as a whole
• To facilitate the possibilities for collaboration with other Programmes in and beyond the School
• To contribute to planning, management, development and communication at institutional level through participation in College committees and other fora
• To work with the Head of Annual Fundraising and Alumni Relations on initiatives to promote fundraising for the Programme

Main Duties and Responsibilities:
The range and balance of responsibilities assumed by a Head of Programme (between teaching, research, management, external relations etc) depends on a variety of factors. These include the expertise and experience of the individual, the nature of the contract, the character of the discipline, the way it is taught and the staff profile. The following list indicates core areas of responsibility in an academic programme. The Head of Programme is expected to provide leadership across this range of responsibilities (but may in practice focus particularly on some and delegate others)

• Teaching and Learning
  To ensure that appropriate recruitment, learning, teaching and assessment strategies, curriculum content and organisation are employed for the programme of study and are communicated effectively to students; to propose and initiate developments which improve the effectiveness of learning, teaching and assessment and which maintain the currency of the curriculum.
• Research
  To contribute to the development and implementation of a research strategy for the School in liaison with the Dean, the School Research Leader, the programme staff team and Research Office and in line with the overall College strategy for research; to ensure that this strategy has the potential to advance the research foci of the School and deliver credible outputs through staff and student research, practice-based and thematic research, and externally-funded research; to ensure that the curriculum reflects advances in the discipline through research.
• Staff Management
  To be responsible for, in consultation with the Dean, the recruitment of staff in the Programme; to manage and appraise their performance; to delegate responsibility for these activities where appropriate and monitor the effectiveness of such arrangements; to enable staff to become more effective in their roles through personal and professional development.
• Resource Management
  To manage and monitor the use of facilities and the deployment of available resources to the benefit of the students and in line with the established policy and strategy of the School Academic Management Team. Where responsibility is held for a facility or resource intended for use by students from a number of programmes, to direct, manage and monitor use to the benefit of all and to ensure that facilities and resources are used by staff and students in accordance with appropriate regard for health and safety and in accordance with relevant regulations.
• Student progress and welfare
  To implement College systems for enabling, supporting and monitoring students’ academic progress and personal welfare; to establish systems which ensure effective feedback from students on the quality of their learning or research expertise.
• Examinations
  To participate in student assessments, to chair Admissions and Examinations Boards and to ensure that there is compliance with the College regulations for the constitution and conduct of Admissions and Examinations Boards; to attend meetings as required by the College to report and discuss the outcomes of Examinations.
• Quality Assurance and Enhancement
  To ensure the Programme’s alignment with the College’s systems for academic quality and standards assurance (for example in the preparation of School annual review documents, appointment of External Examiners and Internal Moderators, leading preparation for, and participation in, periodic validation events).
• Information and documentation
  To ensure the accuracy, reliability and consistency of any printed or electronically published information about the Programme and its activities intended for the students, staff or public, including annual reviews, prospectus entries, staff profiles, research reports etc.
• Internal liaison and communication
  To liaise with other staff within the School and the College for the purpose of sharing good practice and promoting interdisciplinary activity for the benefit of students; to ensure the dissemination of information about the Programme within the College; to ensure the dissemination of information from School and College sources within the Programme.
• External liaison and collaboration
  To direct and manage the Programme’s external relations; maintaining and developing contacts and collaboration with other institutions, public bodies, funding organisations, commerce and industry to the benefit of the Programme and its students; where a formal collaboration with another institution is involved, to ensure that appropriate systems are in place to review regularly the basis of the collaboration and ensure that it is working to the satisfaction of both partners.

Person Specification:
A Head of Programme will have an established reputation in the discipline and the ability to provide energetic leadership and professional vision in a demanding academic environment and should have a combination of skills and experience acquired in both academic and professional contexts which provide the competence to fulfil the managerial, teaching and research aspects of the role.
The post holder may be appointed as a Professor, if he/she fulfils the criteria below:

A Professor must fulfil at least two of the following criteria:

• Outstanding contribution, by research and professional practice and through publications, exhibitions or equivalent, and academic leadership at postgraduate level to the advancement of learning and/or the application of knowledge in the discipline professed
• Outstanding contribution as an effective teacher of postgraduate students and, through teaching, significant contribution to the advancement of his or her subject
• Acknowledged international standing in his or her subject or profession.

More information on RCA’s Current Vacancies.

Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Forms

2-4 November 2011
CCIB Forum, Barcelona

Inside is a brand-new festival celebrating the finest interiors and their creators. Through a series of curated events, talks, installations and a prestigious awards programme, Inside will be a vibrant platform for creative thought, mutual inspiration and idea exchange – capturing the design zeitgeist in style over two exciting days in Barcelona.

WHY VISIT INSIDE?
Inside will be an unmissable fixture in the interior design calender; a buzzing hub of creative thought and mutual inspiration. Make sure you are included in the who’s who of interior design and architecture and book your place at the event that everyone in the design world will be talking about today.

ATTEND INSIDE TO:

• Be inspired by the world’s most exciting design projects of the last year – hear directly from all shortlisted Inside awards entrants and see their projects up close at the Inside awards gallery.
• Exchange ideas with more than 2,000 designers and architects representing 60 countries, broaden your horizons and make new contacts.
• Establish valuable contacts and speak to influential, global clients who are looking to meet their next designer at Inside’s exclusive drinks reception, parties and fringe events.
• Take away vital insight and knowledge that will inform your future work – be enlightened and updated with two days of future focussed talks and seminars with the world’s leading industry voices.
• Experience Barcelona through the eyes of local designers with Inside’s guided design tours and get the inside track on the city’s established and emerging design scene.
• Plus! All passes purchased will give you access to Inside’s sister event, the World Architecture Festival, find out more here www.worldarchitecturefestival.com.

GLOBAL AWARDS

At the festival’s heart is the international awards programme. Pitching the planet’s most exciting designers against each other to find the finest interior space of the past year, an Inside award could well make your career.
You could be one of the winners. If your practice has created an outstanding space in the last year you can enter it here to win one of 11 prized category awards, and even walk away with the overall award for World Interior of the Year.

Categories range from the most prestigious new hotels and bars to civic spaces, offices and shops. In a nail-biting finale shortlisted entrants from each category will go head to head for the overall prize of World Interior of the Year live at the Festival. Follow this link to see all categories »

INTERNATIONAL JURY

An esteemed jury of internationally respected designers and key industry figures will decide who will compete live at Inside and ultimately walk away with the World Interior of the Year trophy.
For details of our judges, follow this link »

TALKS

Inside Talks
Be inspired and informed by the theory behind the products. With the industry’s leading lights all present in one place, Inside’s programme of talks and discussions are bound to illuminate and educate. Even the surroundings will provide inspiration, with London-based graphic studio Multistorey collaborating with designers Frank to create a dynamic exhibition space to host the talks.
A full talks programme will announced soon. If you would like to be involved in the Inside talks please contact jessica.mcfarlane@emap.com

Dezeen talks
Each category winner will be interviewed at the event by Marcus Fairs, editor of Dezeen, Inside’s online media partner. Footage of all the interviews will appear on Dezeen directly after the festival, and then form an online archive. Two million people a month visit Dezeen for the latest news in the design world; winners at the inaugural Inside will play their own part in this.

For futher details, follow this link »

AWARDS GALLERY

The cream of this year’s interiors are under the spotlight in the Inside awards gallery. Scrutinize all shortlisted projects up close and personal to find out what set them apart from the crowd and why they stood out for the jury.

INSIDE BAR

All that inspiration can make even the most dedicated design fan thirsty. When you’re not experiencing the talks, awards crits, installations and exhibitions at Inside, make a beeline for the Inside bar. Aside from offering some well-earned refreshment in the form of your favourite tipple and some tasty local repast, the bar will also be mingling heaven, where you’ll be rubbing shoulders with international clients, contemporaries and international design press.
Naturally the Inside bar will also look pretty good; it’s not just a bar, it’s the exhibition’s focal point and an installation that has been designed specially for Inside.

Keep up to date with the latest behind-the-scenes developments with our updates in Latest news.

FRINGE EVENTS

As if there wasn’t enough to see and do, Inside is also putting on a series of fringe events, design tours, receptions and parties. These will be held throughout the host city of Barcelona – a place not only revered for its architecture but as one of the world’s great party cities.

More information coming soon - sign up for updates here.

Clock here for the Seminar’s speakers list.

For queries about entering or the entry process please contact INSIDE customer services team:

T +44 (0)20 7554 5800 / 0845 056 8339
E info@insidefestival.com

May 25, 2012
The Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College – London

Proposal’s submission (max. 250 words) by November 30, 2011

Bodily, psychic and spatial interiors can be mapped, traversed and violated in multiple ways. This one-day conference will interrogate and re-evaluate the contested terrain of the interior in its varied forms. It will examine the interlacing and overlapping of different types of interiors, and seek to re-position the ‘interior’ in critical terms. Moreover, it will attempt to develop new ways of thinking about the relationship between the decorative arts, furniture, bio-technologies, anatomy and space. The conference will take place in The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum and conclude with a keynote address in the Anatomy Theatre at King’s College London.

The conference will be built around three themes: Threshold, Incision and Autopsy. We encourage prospective speakers to outline how their papers engage with one or more of these themes.

Download the call

This conference welcomes papers from across a wide range of periods and regions. Issues addressed might include, but are not limited to:

• Modes of mapping space

• Figurative and literal gateways/boundaries

• Temporality and space

• Space and subjectivity

• Domestic interiors

• Decorative arts and the body

• The fabrication of furniture

• Anatomical drawing

• Different types of medical imaging

• Medical portraiture

Please send your proposals of no more than 250 words (20-minute papers) by 30 November 2011 to probingtheinterior@gmail.com

Organised by Dr Lucetta Johnson (The Courtauld Institute of Art) and Dr Keren Hammerschlag (King’s College London)

This event is supported by The Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum and the Centre for the Humanities and Health, King’s College London

A conference to be held at The Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College, London